Hao Mama 好妈妈 » learning characters http://haomama.us Raising Children in Mandarin and English Fri, 27 Jan 2012 22:41:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Creative Chinese Character Art http://haomama.us/2010/05/27/creative-chinese-character-art/ http://haomama.us/2010/05/27/creative-chinese-character-art/#comments Fri, 28 May 2010 04:49:51 +0000 sophie http://haomama.us/?p=405 Just came across these beautiful images composed of Chinese characters. Can’t wait to show my Monkey King-obsessed son this one tomorrow:

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]]> http://haomama.us/2009/05/01/iphone-app-for-teaching-chinese-characters/feed/ 3 Christoph Niemann and his Character Creations http://haomama.us/2009/04/30/christoph-niemann-and-his-character-creations/ http://haomama.us/2009/04/30/christoph-niemann-and-his-character-creations/#comments Thu, 30 Apr 2009 21:50:46 +0000 sophie http://haomama.us/?p=167 Those of you who are familiar with the wonderful book The Pet Dragon: A Story about Adventure, Friendship, and Chinese Characters, by Christoph Niemann, may enjoy this two-part interview with Niemann about his work.
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In the second part, Niemann tries to create an image out of increasingly complex characters:
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]]> http://haomama.us/2009/04/30/christoph-niemann-and-his-character-creations/feed/ 0 Mandarin Immersion Parents Council blog http://haomama.us/2009/02/09/mandarin-immersion-parents-council-blog/ http://haomama.us/2009/02/09/mandarin-immersion-parents-council-blog/#comments Tue, 10 Feb 2009 05:39:06 +0000 sophie http://haomama.us/?p=90 I just discovered that the Mandarin Immersion Parents Council of the San Francisco public school system keeps a blog, which has a lot of good information and resources for families in immersion programs. Most of the site focuses on the immersion program in San Francisco, which is offered at two public schools. But one post, Mandarin Immersion Frequently Asked Questions, I found useful for anyone with questions about bilingual education and how to best teach your children Chinese. Another post explores the benefits of teaching kids to read Chinese fluently before teaching them characters. They have also posted a list of Mandarin immersion programs in schools throughout the U.S. Immersion programs are getting to be more and more popular: A new Chinese immersion charter school is getting ready to open in Washington DC as well.

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